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UKIAH — Pleas and appeals from city officials and residents have failed to halt the U.S. Postal Service’s plan to close the historic downtown Ukiah post office, which now could come as early as January. More: continued here

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ROYAL Mail has been swamped with 80,000 ­applications for 18,000 Christmas jobs. More: continued here

Drug addict sentenced to eight years for post office robberyIrish ExaminerA man has today been sentenced to eight years for a post office robbery during which a customer had a knife held to her neck while the raiders demanded cash. Ian Quinn's accomplice held the blade to the throat of …

House Democrats spend week on food stampsThe Hill (blog)These and at least eight other Democratic congressmen are participating in the Food Stamp Challenge, which requires living for a week on the average food stamp allotment, according to the organization hosting the challenge, Fighting Poverty With Faith …and more » More: continued …

MyFox Tampa Bay Woman fights off men who tried to abduct her at post officeSarasota Herald-TribuneSARASOTA – A woman walking out of the US Post Office on Ashton Road Thursday night was attacked by two men who attempted to abduct her at gunpoint, but she fought them off before they …

New York Press How Much For That Motorcycle In The Window? Inside eBay's Physical Push For …Fast CompanyAiming to generate $5 billion worth of purchases via their mobile apps this year, eBay has designed "shoppable" windows to drive digital sales. Will their bricks translate to clicks? The goods artfully arranged …

The Guardian Royal Mail inundated with Christmas job applicationsThe GuardianThis article has been taken down as it breached an embargo. It will relaunch after midnight on Saturday 29 October 2011. A Royal Mail van struggles through the snow in central Scotland.Trial will allow residents to have parcels dropped off at …

Using eBay to Study RacismWall Street Journal (blog)In a controlled experiment, baseball cards held by black hands sold on eBay for 20% less than baseball cards held by white hands—demonstrating, the study's authors said, the persistence of a subtle kind of racism. … More: continued here

There were a couple of things Wes Gronemyer wanted residents of Prague to take home from Thursday’s meeting about the possible closure of the village’s post office. More: continued here